India, Oct. 7 -- A private moving bus caught fire on Noida's Maharaja Agrasen Marg next to the Elevated Road from Sector 18 to 62 on Monday afternoon, police officers said, adding that a short-circuit seems to have sparked the blaze and there were no passengers in the bus when the fire broke out.

Officials said the fire was extinguished within an hour and there were no casualties reported.

"On Monday around 3.45 pm, a passerby contacted police on emergency helpline number 112 and informed that a fire had broken out in a private moving bus next to Elevated Road pillar number 1, close to a private school in Sector 28," said a police officer, requesting anonymity, adding that the fire control room was immediately alerted and two fire tende...